PROPAGATE

(verb)to spread and promote creative and groundbreaking content from the
heart of Hollywood

About Us

Founded in 2015 and spearheaded by Co-CEOs Ben Silverman and Howard T. Owens, Los Angeles-based Propagate develops, produces and distributes programming built upon great stories spanning all genres, including premium scripted series, long-form, unscripted and formats, to broadcast, cable, digital and emerging platforms worldwide. One of the world’s fastest-growing independent content creation companies, Propagate’s portfolio includes Apple’s first original series, “Planet of the Apps” featuring Gwyneth Paltrow, will.i.am, Jessica Alba and Gary Vaynerchuk, and Twitter’s first entertainment series, “#WhatsHappening.” Other projects include “Lore” for Amazon, based on the hit podcast and co-produced with Gale Anne Hurd’s Valhalla Entertainment.

BEN SILVERMAN

CHAIRMAN AND CO-CEO

Ben Silverman, the Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning show creator and media executive, is Chairman and Co-CEO of Propagate Content, uniting producers, creators, and advertisers to create all forms of content for distribution across a variety of platforms around the world.

HOWARD T. OWENS

FOUNDER AND CO-CEO

An inspiringly innovative and experienced entertainment executive, Howard Owens is known for repeatedly uncovering new business opportunities, driving impressive growth, and uniting emerging platforms alongside the latest technologies. With a well-earned reputation for identifying trends, pioneering new concepts, and owning all of the granular details along the way, Owens’ passion for creating original content keeps him consistently ahead of the curve.
Currently, Howard leads Propagate Content, an independent premium content production company, as founder and CEO.

Greg Lipstone

PRESIDENT

Greg Lipstone joined All3Media America as CEO in 2015. Prior to joining All3Media America, Lipstone was a founding partner and board member at ICM Partners, a talent and literary agency representing clients in the fields of motion pictures, television, publishing, music, theater, branded entertainment and digital media. Lipstone oversaw the agency’s international television and media department.

Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Silverman Team for ‘Vice’-Style TV Series on Wellness

The Wrap – November 21, 2017

Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop is getting into the TV business. The Oscar-winning entrepreneur is developing a new series with former NBCUniversal executive Ben Silverman and his Propagate Content, an individual familiar with the project told TheWrap…The deal would be the first mainstream entertainment pact for Goop, which makes original digital content in the form of cooking videos and beauty and fashion product reviews and tutorials.

Ben Silverman Pick Ups Two More Podcasts to Be Adapted for TV (EXCLUSIVE)

Variety – October 30, 2017

Ben Siverman’s Propagate has nabbed two more buzzy podcasts, “Sword and Scale” and “Up and Vanished,” that it will set up as TV projects. They follow in the footsteps of “Lore,” which Silverman and Propagate co-CEO Howard T. Owens launched as a series at Amazon and which received strong reviews. Silverman told Variety about the next two podcast-to-TV projects.

Zac Brown Bands Together With Propagate For Film & TV Deal, Eyes Reality Series

Deadline – October 18, 2017

Country music star Zac Brown of Zac Brown Band fame is teaming with Ben Silverman and Howard T. Owens’ Propagate on a deal with Brown’s Southern Reel production company. The plan is to develop and produce projects for TV, film and digital that speaks to Brown’s vision of life in the South. Among the projects in the early stages of development moving forward is a reality series focused on Southern Ground, Brown’s lifestyle brand headquarters.